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Zusatztext Ultimately how good is this book? Pleasingly, the answer is that it is very good. It takes a complex subject and produces a gripping read while covering the major themes of human evolution with a refreshing confidence. Informationen zum Autor Ian Tattersall is a Curator in the Division of Anthropology at The American Museum of Natural History and has appointments at Columbia University and CUNY Graduate School. His books include The Monkey in the Mirror (OUP 2002), Becoming Human, and The Fossil Trail (OUP, 1995). He lives in New York City. Klappentext In the first volume in The New Oxford World History series, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly examines both the fossil and archeological records to explore the major turning points in human evolution: the emergence of the genus Homo, the advantages of bipedalism--the trait that most strongly distinguishes humans from other primates--the birth of the big brain and symbolic thinking, Paleolithic and Neolithic tool-making, and finally the enormously consequential shift from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent and elsewhere. Zusammenfassung In this lively and readable introduction, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly examines both fossil and archaeological records to trace human evolution from the earliest beginnings of our zoological family, Hominidae, through the appearance of Homo sapiens to the Agricultural Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Evolutionary Processes Chapter 2: Ancient Bones and Ancient Stones Chapter 3: On Their Own Two Feet Chapter 4: Emergence of the Genus Homo Chapter 5: Getting Brainier Chapter 6: Modern Human Origins Chapter 7: Settled Life Chronology Further Reading and Websites Index
